Dysgraphia (noun)
dis-graf-ee-a
Inability to write coherently, as a symptom of brain disease or damage.
1930s: from dys- ‘difficult’ + Greek -graphia ‘writing’.
Example sentences
“The illness left him with dysgraphia, destroying his writing career forever.”
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